Bow or hoop for nets



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ALFRED G. BENSON, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

BOW OR HOOP FOR NETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,461, dated August23, 1892.

Application filed June 1, 1891. Serial No. 394,620. (ModeL) To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED G. BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Bow or Hoop for Fishing or otherPurposes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bows or hoops, which may beused either for landing-nets, fyke-nets, or for other purposes where anadjustable bow or hoop may be called into requisition.

The objects of my improvement are to providea sectional bow or hoopcomposed of bars or rods adapted to fold up in the smallest spacepossible consistent with the purposes for which it is used, therebycontributing to the convenience of the angler, fisherman, or others,eitherin transporting to and from the fishing-grounds or in storingwhile not in use.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is asectional side view of the bow or hoopwhere the several parts are run together-for convenience of packing andstoring. Fig. 2 is an end view of the bow or hoop.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the two views.

A, Fig. 1, is a longitudinal and transverse section of a ferrule,towhich is internally fixed one end of asection B of abow orhoop, whoseother end is similarly fixed within a like ferrule A. The ends of thesection within the ferrules are wedge shape, as shown at a a.

Each section 0 of the bow or hoop has, also, a wedge-shaped end b, sothat when the small end a of a section is entered oppositely in theferrule A and passed through the conicalshaped ends a b will wedge inthe ferrule and form a perfectly tight and immovable joint. When the bowor hoop is extended, all the contacting ends will be wedged together intheir respective ferrules, and when bent around the ends of the seriesof sections are joined together and make the bow or hoop.

I have described a method of putting my invention into practice asapplied to a bowhoop for landing and fyke-nets; but I will apply it toother purposes. For instance,it can be used for a barrel-hoop and whenit has sufficient elasticity and slight curvature it can be used as abow for arrow-shooting.

I claim-- Atelescoping bow or hoop consisting of sections composed ofbars or rods having ferrules thereon, said ferrules having longitudinalwedge-shaped slots therein, and said sections having their extremitiesreversely wedgeshaped for locking engagement with the interior of theferrules when the sections are extended, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALFRED G. BENSON.

Witnesses:

O. D. VAN DUYN, HENRY TROTH.

